Assumptions and configuration of your study
Using functional analysis to create a new product: preliminary work and implementation stages

With the help of company staff, management, your work group and all information from the customer (expression of need, quantity, commercial or time objective...), summarize external economic, financial and other data.

Define the basic aspects of the study: working group, frequency of meetings, date of delivery of FA conclusions, budget, quantified objectives in terms of success.

Define the product's objectives in terms of needs.

Define the product's environment (external environment and interaction) (see Functional analysis: expressing the need in terms of function and methods for finding functions